Workshop on Distributed Expert-Based Information Systems: A Perspective Edward A. Fox Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech Introduction On March 5-7, 1987, thirteen participmats from three countries met at Rutgers University to discuss information systems based on the distributed expert model. This event was sponsored jointly by the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS) at Rutgers University, and by Bell Communications Research. The organizing committee, N.J. Belkin, W.B. Croft, S. Deerwester, E.A. Fox, and D.E. Walker, met during the 1986 ASIS Annual Meeting and planned this activity. In December 1986 invitations were sent to people in academic, commercial, and government organizations who are involved in computer, information, and/or library science research relating to this view of information systems, which is characterized by distributed functionality and explicit coding of expertise. The workshop was opened by Richard Budd, Dean of the SCILS at Rutgers, and after an introductory session chaired by N. Belkin, continued with the first of four sessions. Session 1, about functionalities in information systems and their distribution, was chaired by D. Walker and included presentations by C. Borgman and H. Brooks. Session 2, chaired by S. Deerwester, covered architectures for distributing functions and knowledge, along
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